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ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery

Impar Ganglion Block with Combination of Neurolysis Drugs and Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation for Perineal Pain.

Agus Turchan, Achmad Fahmi, Heri Subianto

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Article in Asian journal of neurosurgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phenol Neurolysis in Pain and Palliative Medicine.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Agus TurchanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Division of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University/Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Achmad FahmiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Division of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University/Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Heri SubiantoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Division of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University/Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Airlangga University · ID

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since it was first introduced, a variety of modification techniques to block the impar ganglion appear such as transsacrococcygeal ligament technique, sacrococcygeal transdiscal approach, paramedian approach, and a two-needle technique using fluoroscopy or computed tomography scan. For therapeutic purposes, a combination of steroid and local anesthetic, neurolysis agents such as alcohol, phenol, cryolesioning, and heat lesioning using radiofrequency thermocoagulation could be used. Here, we reported a successful outcome in treating chronic perineal pain in a 65-year-old patient using combination of neurolysis agent which was alcohol 96% and radiofrequency thermocoagulation.

Indexed as

Alcohol 96%impar ganglion blocksneurolysisradiofrequency thermocoagulation

Identifiers

PMID30283560
PMCPMC6159014
OpenAlexW2902522597

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